# Curtsey - ISSF: World’s first qualified for the 2012 Olympics is a rifle shooter - 22-year old Italy’s Niccolò Campriani. He brought back to Italy a title which was missing since more than 40 years, beating Hungary’s Sidi and India’s Narang(Gagan).

# World’s first qualified for the 2012 Olympics is a rifle shooter. Curtsey - ISSF

"I can’t believe I am the first qualified athlete. This is great. I am ready to go and fulfil my Olympic dream, now!" said Campriani, who had also competed at the 2008 Games, at the age of 20, finishing just one point far from the final.

The Italian shooter from Firenze, currently studying engineering and training at the West Virginia University in USA, made it into the final with a qualification score of 599 out of 600. Then, shooting solidly during the final, he climbed upon the highest step of the podium with a total score of 702.5 points. Read more about Campriani’s victory.

The American shooter placed in third at the 50m Rifle Prone Men event, becoming the first American to obtain an Olympic pass for the next 2012 London Games.

The Gold medal of the 50m Rifle Prone Event went to the 42-year old Belarusian shooter Sergei Martynov, who won his second consecutive World Championship title in the 50m Rifle Prone men event, securing an Olympic Quota Place, and becoming the first men to win two world championship medals in this event in the centenary history of the international shooting sport federation. "I am used to win, and I am not too old to."

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